Weekly Law Reports

For the doctrine of precedent to operate there must be reliable law reporting. Important judgements are published in the Weekly Law Reports (WLR), some of which are selected for the Law Reports. Another important series is the All England Reports (All ER). Important Scottish cases are reported in Sessions Cases (SC) and Scots Law Times (SLT). In N. Ireland the two main series of law reports are the Northern Ireland Law Reports (Nl) and the Northern Ireland Judgements Bulletin (N.I.J.B.), sometimes called the Bluebook. There are various specialist law reports, to which reference may be made when considering safety cases. A list of their abbreviations is published in the January edition of Current Law which also summarises current developments and current accident awards. 

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